Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Prime Minister of Luxembourg
27 September 2012, Thursday
Official meeting between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker was held at the Kazan Kremlin within the official visit of the Luxembourg delegation to Russian Federation.
Prime Minister of Luxembourg thanked the Tatarstan President for warm reception in Kazan.
“I have read a lot about your beautiful city, and I wanted to see it with my own eyes. Here the past is consistent with the present making a sound foundation for the future,” Jean-Claude Juncker said.
The Tatarstan President said that Prime Minister of Luxembourg set ambitious tasks for developing cooperation. “We should demonstrate good results. We have held a number of meetings and the visit of a large delegation of Luxembourg businessmen to Tatarstan is being planned,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Head of republic thanked Jean-Claude Juncker for visiting Kazan.
Rustam Minnikhanov believes that the present visit of Prime Minister of Luxembourg to Russia will consolidate relationships between the two countries.
“We should expand our relationships. Tatarstan and Luxembourg have great potential for interaction in various spheres. Our Government and Luxembourg leadership should create all conditions for developing business contacts,” President of Tatarstan said.
Jean-Claude Juncker believes that Luxembourg companies will make a considerable contribution to Tatarstan’s development.
On 13 January, speaking about New Year events at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva informed that more than 8 thousand topical events were held during New Year holidays in the republic.
“These included mass celebrations, theatrical performances, concerts, sporting competitions, and much more. Outdoor events were particularly popular, “she said and informed about numerous events held within the Kurshe (Neighbor) festival and the regional Christmas Tree celebrations organized with participation of the Rais (Head) of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov.
On 13 January Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the regional Healthcare Minister Almir Abashev, the Acting Mayor of the Town of Innopolis Ildar Khuzzyatov and heads of medical and construction organizations of the republic took part in a solemn ceremony of opening a children’s polyclinic in Innopolis. The new facility more than twice expanded the medical service of the town and also houses the 24 our emergency ambulances unit with a separate entrance for its staff.
On January 12, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin introduced a new Tatarstan Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin to its staff.
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.